Heartthrobs (Vertigo)

    (Vertigo, 1999)
™ and ©1999 DC Comics, Inc.

This four-issue mini-series collects some delightfully twisted parodies of those dramatic teen love comics of days gone by. Sort of like Love and Marriage meets Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children. The stories are created by the likes of Tim Sale (Batman: The Long Halloween, Billi 99), Tim Bradstreet (Negative Burn, The Crow: City of Angels), and Steven T. Seagle (Grifter (Vol. 1), Sandman Mystery Theatre).

The stories range from new takes on old standbys like a princess kissing frogs to find her prince, to gay men getting chemically altered to be attracted to women, to psychopathic plastic surgeons. There are even some “true tales of heartbreak” from the artists and writers themselves.
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  • 1
    #1
    Jan 1999
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Brian Bolland, Robert Rodi, Steven Seagle  ·  A: Brian Bolland, Phil Jimenez, Tim Sale, Carlos Batts, Scott Ewen
    4 copies from $8.98
  • 2
    #2
    Feb 1999
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Brian Azzarello, Doselle Young, Ilya  ·  A: Frank Quitely, Tim Bradstreet, Tony Salmons, Carlos Batts, Scott Ewen
    14 copies from $1.75
  • 3
    #3
    Mar 1999
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Marguerite van Cook, Peter Milligan, Simon Revelstroke  ·  A: Eduardo Risso, James Romberger, Richard Corben, Carlos Batts, Scott Ewen
    7 copies from $1.64
  • 4
    #4
    Apr 1999
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Bob Fingerman, Scott Cunningham, Steve Gerber  ·  A: Danijel Zezelj, Miran Kim, Pat McEown, Carlos Batts, Scott Ewen
    7 copies from $1.85